Chaise lounge



March 1964 v. REITER ETAL CHAISE LOUNGE Filed Nov. 15, 1962 FIG.1

INVENTORS SAM R\C\-\ MAN l9 Q/ICTOR RElTER A 3e 32 W W FIG.4

United States Patent 3,126,225 CHAISE LOUNGE Victor Reiter, 1275 MariolaCourt, Coral Gables, Fla., and Sam Richman, 7517 Buccaneer Ave.,Treasure Island, Miami Beach, Fla.

Filed Nov. 15, 1962, Ser. No. 238,330 1 Claim. (Cl. 297-28) Thisinvention relates to lawn furniture and is more particularly directed toa collapsible chaise lounge.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide a collapsiblechaise lounge with a seat support member which cannot be brought to itscollapsed position while the chaise lounge is in its extended position.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a collapsiblechaise lounge with a linkage system connecting its seat support memberwith the leg members whereby a person cannot be inadvertently spilledfrom the chaise lounge while seated thereon.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a chaise loungewith means for preventing a seat support member from being pivoted toits retracted position unless the chaise lounge itself is beingcollapsed.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be bestunderstood from a consideration of the following detailed descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification, with the understanding, however, that the invention isnot confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawingbut may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modificationsmark no material departure from the salient features of the invention asexpressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a chaise lounge embodying ourinvention.

FIGURE 2 is a cross sectional view taken along the line 22 of FIGURE 1.

FlGURE 3 is a similar view taken along the line 33 of FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 4 is a side elevational view showing the operation of the linkagein collapsing the lounge.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals are used to designatesimilar parts throughout the various views the numeral it) refers to achaise lounge constructed in accordance with our invention andconsisting of a seat portion for receiving a seat cushion 11, a backrest portion for receiving a back rest cushion 12 and a collapsiblesupporting structure therefor.

The seat portion consists of a tubular member 13 formed into a U-shapeand having a plurality of seat supporting slat members 14 extendingtransversely with their ends connected to coil springs 15 whose outerends are connected to the tubular member 13. Extending through bores inthe ends of the tubular member 13 is a rod 16. A link 17 is pivotallymounted at one end to each end of the rod 16 with the other end pivotedas at 18 to a tubular leg member 19. A bracket 20 which is secured toeach of the ends of the seat member 13 in proximity of the rod 16 isprovided with a pivot pin 21 for pivotally mounting a back rest tubularmember 22. The back rest member 22 supports the back rest cushion 12 andis formed into a U-shape with transversely extending slats 14 and coilsprings 15 identical to those described hereinabove in connection withthe seat tubular member 13. At approximately the mid-height of bothsides of the back rest members 22 is a pivot pin 23 pivotally mountingone end of arm rests 24. At the other end of the arm rests 24 is aconventional adjusting bracket 25 provided with slots 26 for adjustablypositioning pins 27 mounted on the ends of rear leg members 16 and frontleg members 28. The front leg members 28 are formed from a U-shapedtubular member pivotally secured at a midposition as at 29 to thetubular seat member 13. At the free ends of each of the leg members 19is a floor engaging wheel 30 rotatably mounted on an axle 31 whichextends through bores in the leg members 19.

Pivotally mounted at the forward end of the tubular seat member 13 is aU-shaped tubular seat support member 32 whose free ends are curvedrearwardly as at 33 and pivoted as at 34 to the seat member 13. In orderto prevent pivotal movement of the seat support member 32 at any timeexcept while the chaise 10 is being collapsed, the seat support member32 is connected to the leg member 28. A rod 37 extends between theupright portions of the seat support member 32 receiving one end of alink 38. The other end of the link 38 is received by a similar rod 39extending between the upright portions of the leg members 28. The link38 is maintained in a mid-position on the rods 37 and 39 by tubularspacer members 40 telescopically mounted on the rods 37, 39 andextending between rod 38 and the members 32, 38.

It is readily noted that in accordance with the construction of ourchaise lounge as given above and shown by the drawing, the leg supportmember 32 cannot pivot on the pivot pin 34 unless the leg member 28 isswinging about its pivot pin 29 to either its extended or collapsedposition. When the chaise lounge 10 is to be collapsed, a forward forceis applied on the upper portion of the back rest member 22. The backrest 22 will swing forwardly about its pivot pins 21 as the leg member28 pivots on the pivot pins 28, and the arm rests 24 swing downwardlyuntil coming to rest on the seat member 13. As the lower portions of theleg member 28 swing rearwardly, the link 38 compels the seat supportmember 32 to pivot about its pivot pins 34 in a rearward direction untilthe seat support member 32 has swung to its collapsed position whereinit lies in contact relation with the lower surface of the seat members13.

In order to open the retracted chaise lounge 10, all one need do is pullupwardly on the upper portion of the back rest member 22 to cause thebackrest member 22 to pivot on the pivot pins 21. The arm rest will risein a direction away from the seat member .13 as the leg members 19 and28 will swing about their pivot pins 18 and 29 respectively. As the legmember 28 swings to an upright position, the link 38 will compel theseat support member 32 to swing away from the lower surface of the seatmember 13 to an upright position as shown by FIG- URES l and 2. With thepins 27 in the appropriate slots 26, the chaise lounge 10 is in positionfor a person to sit or lie therein. The seat member 13 will be supportedat all times by the support member 32 which cannot be inadvententlypivoted to spill or overturn the chaise lounge 111 while a person isseated thereon. The link 38 prevents the seat support member 32 frompivoting until the leg member 28 is swung to its collapsed positionwhich occurs only when a person desires to bring the lounge 10 to itsretracted position.

What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States is:

A collapsible chaise lounge comprising a seat portion, a back restportion, pivot means pivotally securing a lower end of said back restportion to one end of said seat portion, a pair of arm rests pivotallymounted at one end to said back rest portion above said lower end, apair of rear leg members, a pair of links, second pivot means pivotallysecuring one end of each of said links to said rear legs, third pivotmeans pivotally securing the other end of said links to said seatportion, a pair of front leg members pivotally secured to said seatportion, adjusting bmacket means secured to the other end of each ofsaid anm rests and extending below said arm rests, fourth pivot mean-spivotally securing said trout and rear leg members at their upper end,said fourth pivot means being slidably positioned in said adjustingbracket means, seat support members having arcu-ate upper end portions,fifth pivot means pivotally securing .said upper end portions to saidseatp'ortioma rod extending between said front leg members and betweensaid seat support members, a link having bores at each end, said rodsbeing received by said bores and extending between said front legmembers and said seat support members and means mounted on said rods formaintaining said link in substantially the midportion 10 ReferencesCited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Schmitt et a1. -1Oct. 6, 1868 Pain Aug. 9, 1932 Rechler Aug. 9, 1952 Thomas Jan. '12,1960 FOREIGN PATENTS France AD. 1881

